The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Memory Size
4 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
337 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
384 bit
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The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Base Clock
1.140 GHz
1.002 GHz
Boost Clock
1.279 GHz
1.076 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.25 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
TDP
145 W
250 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
91 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.2
DVI
2
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Max. resolution
4096x2160
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Length
277 mm
267 mm
Height
140 mm
111 mm
Width
35 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
845 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti +54.5 %
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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